varicella

Examples

• All

• Parents should ensure their children are vaccinated against varicella to prevent outbreaks of chickenpox.

• Vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly influenza, varicella, HZ, and invasive pneumococcal infections, continue to cause considerable morbidity and mortality in SOT and HSCT recipients.

  Academic text (2017)

• All current guidelines recommend that the child in the household of a transplant recipient should receive the varicella vaccine on schedule.

  Academic text (2017)

• The patient was also negative for Borrelia burgdorferi and varicella-zoster virus.

  Academic text (2004)

• Most (>90%) adults are already seropositive for varicella and would therefore not be susceptible to household transmission.

  Academic text (2017)

• Viral respiratory infections (varicella, influenza, and severe acute respiratory syndrome) can also cause maternal pneumonia (about 5% of cases).

  Academic text (2007)

• The current guidelines now include 2 live vaccines: MMR and varicella vaccines for seronegative patients at 24 months post-transplantation who are off immunosuppression and have no GVHD.

  Academic text (2017)

• Pretransplantation solid organ transplantation candidates can and should receive live vaccines (such as varicella vaccine and MMR) if they are off immunosuppression and not within 4 weeks of the anticipated date of transplantation.

  Academic text (2017)

• Zovirax is used to treat chickenpox (varicella) or shingles (herpes zoster) and to treat or suppress genital herpes infections.

  Blog text (23)

• Chickenpox, also known as varicella, typically begins with a fever followed by an itchy vesicular rash.

Synonyms

C

chicken pox

vsvaricella

21 2.0

A contagious illness that causes an itchy red rash and blisters

is the identical disease name usually written as one word

C

chickenpox

vsvaricella

• Specialized

18 2.3

A disease that causes an itchy red rash and blisters often in children

is the identical disease name written as a single word rather than spaced

Compounds

V

varicella zoster virus

• Specialized

1 4.9

A germ that causes chickenpox and shingles in people

H

herpes varicella zoster

• Specialized

4.4

A virus that causes chickenpox and later shingles

H

herpes varicella zoster virus

• Specialized

4.8

A virus that causes chickenpox and shingles in people

Surface Forms

Etymology